Thursday, May 24, 2012

Woman in Black: Unusual Choice for Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe makes an agreeable hero in the Gothic ghost horror movie “The Woman in Black” from the Hammer Studios which gained fame in the 60s and 70s with Gothic horror stars Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Children are the victims in this British film and the lad who plays his son in the movie is in real life his God son. Problem is he’s as blond as Mamie Van Doren in “Sex Kittens Go to College.” Radclliffe with the soulful eyes makes this film somewhat enjoyable. Also it reintroduces the Gothic horror genre to an audience reared on teen slasher horror. I kind of liked it. Interesting that 21-year-old Radlcliffe was cast in a mature role after being the Harry Potter boy hero for so many years. Given the fact that some of the Glee high schoolers are old enough to have kids in high school you would expect Radcliffe to be hanging out at the drive in with the other “kids” in post Potter movie roles.